Hello!

Here is my latest portrait, "Double Trouble" and it was so much fun to do! I swear these boys have got to have the bluest eyes and are going to be heartbreakers when they grow up!  

I am finally used to night shift and spending my free time drawing away.  I have another drawing that is almost completed.  Working nights can sure be hard on the body but definitely good for my art.  :o) 

I hope everyone is doing well!

Kelli

Hello!

I hope everyone is doing well.  I am finally back on nights and adjusted and have a lot of projects to do.  Very excited!  I just finished "Nathan and Piper" and added their pictures below.  It is an 11x14 with 2 separate pictures on it.  Both pictures are 5x7.  This was incredibly hard for me.  The original background paper is a cream color.  I found doing 5x7 to be hard since the features were so small.  Nathan's features especially, adorable little squint of his made it very hard to get to come through.  Plus color pencils smear, I love that about them.  But once I would start working on another section or the other picture it would smear.  I actually got to the point on Nathan's picture where his face stopped taking ink.  Once I had everything done, the cream color background just did not work.  So I colored in the background black as if it was a mat.  Overall I think it turned out well, unfortunately my picture taking doesn't show it justice.   I had troubles with glare.  But I was afraid to scan it since my scanner is smaller and I didn't want to take a chance of wrinkling the picture.    I know this is a learning process and I planned to get as much practice and learn as much as I can.  

If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear from you.  That is how you learn :o)

Furbabiesportraits@gmail.com

Thanks!

Kelli

Happy Spring!!

Okay, it may not be officially Spring yet, but a girl can dream!  I am happy to announce that I am FINALLY back on night shift!!!   Yes, I know that sounds like a strange thing to be excited about but when I am on that shift I actually have time to draw.   I work shift work and rotate between day shift and night shifts every 10 weeks.  One thing that helps me stay up all night while the rest of the world is out cold is drawing.   I found it is a lot harder to do on day shift.  My days off are spent running errands and spending time with family and friends, followed by going to bed earlier so I could get up at 430am.   I just never felt that I had the time to relax and concentrate on my pictures.  But with night shift, I am on able to get everything done when I first get up.  Then after everyone falls asleep I can work on pictures til 6am.   :o) 

I am on a mini vacation this week before starting night shift next week.   I have plenty to work on and should be getting some pictures posted on here shortly. 

I know its rather early for most to think about it, but its time to start scheduling for Mother's day.   Time is flying by fast and I want to make sure I can get pictures done on time with a lot of details and quality that you would want.  I learned a very hard lesson during Christmas that even something that I LOVE to do--you can get burned out on.   I took on way too much.  Now I am slowing things down and taking time to make sure that I can get them done on time but also be the best work that I can do.

If you are interested in a picture, please contact me at furbabiesportraits@gmail.com.

Thanks everybody!

PS

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